Non-carcinogenic risk assessment to human health due to intake of fluoride in the groundwater in rural areas of Gonabad and Bajestan, Iran: A case study

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 1222-1233

  Qasemi, Mehdi ^a   Afsharnia, Mojtaba ^a   Zarei, Ahmad ^a   Farhang, Mansoureh ^a   Allahdadi, Mohadeseh ^a  

^a GONABAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

fluoride; groundwater; hazard quotient; health risk assessment; non carcinogenic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046621020     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2018.1461553     Document Type: Article

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